Patents by Inventor Michael L. Carpenter

Michael L. Carpenter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5769261
    Abstract: A covered food serving pan is provided having a food pan from which a flange with tab retainers extends, and a cover with tabs extending from an edge. These tabs engage tab retainers on a flange of the food pan and allow the cover to rotate with respect to the food pan. A method is provided for attaching a cover to a food serving pan by sliding the tabs toward the tabs retainers and engaging them with the tab retainers, rotating the cover about the tab retainers along a first axis of rotation, translating the cover in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation, and again rotating the cover about the axis of rotation until the open end of the pan is covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Gaffney, Alan J. Schommer, William C. Heimerl, Michael L. Carpenter
  • Patent number: D417361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Vollrath
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Mittmann, Ronald J. McGettrick, Michael L. Carpenter